The ratio of triadicpatentfamilies to population identifies Finland ... Finland had the highest propensity to patent, with 122 patentfamilies per million ... China has less then 0.1 patentfamilies per million population. Source:OECD 5

to patent). For greater international comparability we look at patentfamilies ... Indicators of patentfamilies relate to patents applied for at the European, US ... 23 Significant caveats apply to using patents as a measure of innovation

Number of triadicpatentfamilies and growth rate World Total Share of countries1 in triadicpatentfamilies United States Japan European Union BRIICS Other ... in 2005.  When triadicpatentfamilies are normalised using total population, Japan ... countries in 2005. Japan has the highest number of patentfamilies by population (117

swiss Patents Te 5.1.2 Number of patents filed by Swiss inventors with the EPO filed by Swiss inventors with the uSPTO 2 Number of triadicpatentfamilies filed ... a single invention. The term, “triadicpatentfamily”, refers to patents filed

Figure 6.1.2: Number of triadicpatentfamilies per million population66 ISR EU CH FI J S D NL US DK … … F B UK I Rank Source: OECD, MSTI Database 2004 ... With the exception of Germany, the smaller northern European countries are the most prolific in terms of patent generation (see Figure 6.1.2). The European countries with highest density of triadicpatents per million population in 2000

Figure 25. Number of "triadic" patentfamilies, by residence of inventors United States EU-15 Japan China Note: Data are by priority year; data for 1999 are provisional, data for 2000 and 2001 are estimated. ...Patentfamilies improve international comparability of patent-based indicators ... abroad. Patentfamilies concern patenting at this set of patent offices. The “home

NATIONAL REPORT ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Table 2.20: Patents - Number of triadicpatentfamilies in individual years cumulative number OECD EU The Netherlands ... the outputs of research and development in this respect, so-called patentfamilies are used, particularly what we call triadicpatentfamilies. What do these concepts denote? A patentfamily is defined as a group of patents granted in several countries ... of triadicpatents in every country of eastern Europe is significantly lower